Pennington v. Dudley

As its only reasons for reversing the decision of the Board of Review, the judgment entry of the Common Pleas Court states generally that the board’s decision is “unlawful, unreasonable and against the manifest weight of the evidence.” Especially since this court is not required to and does not generally weigh evidence, it is reasonably arguable that this judgment entry might interfere with our consideration of the legal questions argued by the parties. However, prior to signing that judgment entry, the trial judge filed a written “decision” specifying the reasons for the judgment of…